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Revoking licenses – Trump’s parting blow in Huawei bashing campaign
Trump administration has notified Huawei suppliers, including chipmaker Intel, that it is revoking certain licenses to sell to the company. Read more…
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Chip shortage – Trump’s China tech war backfires on automakers
Automakers around the world are shutting assembly lines because of a global shortage of semiconductors exacerbated by Trump’s China tech war. Read more…
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Facebook tracking rise in violent rhetoric, YouTube suspends Trump
Facebook has seen an increase in signals indicating potential future acts of violence and YouTube suspends Donald Trump’s channel. Read more…
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Trump returns to Twitter but stays blocked on other social media platforms
Trump returned to Twitter on Thursday as other social media services including Facebook Inc continued to block his accounts. Read more…
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Trump orders more Chinese application bans in final fling before leaving
Donald Trump has signed an executive order banning transactions with eight Chinese software applications, including Ant Group’s Alipay. Read more…
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Could hypernormalisation explain why the US has become so polarised?
Our new environment in which disinformation, misdirection and the hypernormalisation of ambiguity, uncertainty, and alternative facts thrive. Read more…
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Social media fails to reel in Trump’s false claims of election victory
As President Trump and allies flooded social media with false claims of victory and allegations of voter fraud, social media couldn’t stop it. Read more…
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Social media battles to contain online misinformation on US election results
Online misinformation on US election results spread as Donald Trump falsely claimed victory with millions of votes still to be counted. Read more…
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Facebook, Twitter take action against misleading Trump COVID-19 posts
Facebook and Twitter took action on misleading posts from US President Donald Trump for violating their rules against COVID-19 misinformation. Read more…
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Trump and the TikTok ban – a bit like the boy who cried wolf
Trump has threatened a TikTok ban “at least four times. How many more? It’s kind of like the boy who cried wolf.” It’s getting boring. Read more…